Atlanta United FC vs New York Red Bulls, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2026

Atlanta United FC

2 – 1

Full Time

New York Red Bulls

Sat 15 Aug 2026 · 23:30 UTC Mercedes-Benz Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 6' Emil Forsberg

Tristan Muyumba 69' 1–1

Fafa Picault 82' 2–1

Tomas Jacob 48' Y

Fafa Picault 82' Y

Y 90' Mohammed Sofo

Overview

Match Preview

Atlanta United FC vs New York Red Bulls — MLS at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

Atlanta United FC 29 games · 30 pts (2026/26)
New York Red Bulls 29 games · 36 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	29	66
2	Internacional CF Miami	29	52
3	New England Revolution	29	49
4	Chicago Fire FC	29	48
5	Charlotte FC	29	46
6	Philadelphia Union	29	45
7	Orlando City SC	29	38
8	FC Cincinnati	28	36
9	New York Red Bulls	29	36
10	New York City FC	29	33
11	Toronto FC	29	33
12	D.C. United SC	28	33
13	Columbus Crew SC	29	32
14	Atlanta United FC	29	30
15	Montreal Impact FC	29	24
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	29	52
17	St. Louis City	29	51
18	FC Dallas	29	50
19	San Jose Earthquakes	29	47
20	Houston Dynamo	29	46
21	Los Angeles FC	30	45
22	Seattle Sounders FC	29	41
23	Los Angeles Galaxy	30	39
24	Colorado Rapids SC	29	38
25	San Diego FC	29	33
26	Portland Timbers	29	33
27	Real Salt Lake	29	33
28	Minnesota United FC	29	31
29	Austin FC	29	31
30	Sporting Kansas City	29	22

Head-to-Head

Atlanta United FC 19 games · Avg 2.2 goals New York Red Bulls

Last 5 meetings

2026-08-15 Atlanta United FC 2–1 New York Red Bulls 2025-05-31 New York Red Bulls 2–0 Atlanta United FC 2025-03-09 Atlanta United FC 0–0 New York Red Bulls 2024-10-05 Atlanta United FC 2–1 New York Red Bulls 2024-09-21 New York Red Bulls 2–2 Atlanta United FC

Recent Form

Atlanta United FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
15 Aug	New York Red Bulls	H	2–1	W
01 Aug	Philadelphia Union	A	2–3	L
25 Jul	New England Revolution	A	1–4	L
23 Jul	Charlotte FC	A	2–2	D
18 Jul	Nashville SC	A	0–1	L
24 May	Columbus Crew SC	A	0–2	L

New York Red Bulls

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
15 Aug	Atlanta United FC	A	1–2	L
01 Aug	Orlando City SC	H	3–2	W
25 Jul	Charlotte FC	H	0–2	L
22 Jul	Philadelphia Union	A	1–3	L
24 May	Sporting Kansas City	A	2–1	W
16 May	New York City FC	H	1–1	D

Season Stats

Atlanta United FC		New York Red Bulls
#14	Position	#9
30	Points	36
29	Played	29
8 / 6 / 15	W / D / L	10 / 6 / 13
36	Scored	39
48	Conceded	54
-12	GD	-15
1.03	PPG	1.24
28%	Win %	34%

Key Stats

37% Both Teams to Score
H2H (19 games)

47% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

17% Clean Sheets
Atlanta United FC this season

21% Clean Sheets
New York Red Bulls this season

Atlanta United FC are 14th (30 pts). New York Red Bulls are 9th (36 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Atlanta United FC

0-15

2/4

16-30

4/5

31-45

3/5

46-60

4/7

61-75

5/7

76+

5/8

■ Scored ■ Conceded

New York Red Bulls

0-15

7/6

16-30

4/3

31-45

5/7

46-60

5/9

61-75

3/6

76+

6/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Atlanta United FC

Aleksei Miranchuk

6 G

6 A

New York Red Bulls

Julian Hall	11 G	2 A
Jorge Ruvalcaba	8 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' We are underway at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
5' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
6' GOAL! Emil Forsberg fires home to make it 0-1!
11' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
16' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Atlanta United FC side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
21' New York Red Bulls come into this ranked 9 in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
26' Atlanta United FC currently sit 15 in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
31' New York Red Bulls started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 31.
36' Jorge Ruvalcaba has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 7 goals to his name this season.
41' Supporters expect more eagerness from Ronald Donkor, as he is very good at scoring at Mercedes-Benz Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
46' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 46 minutes.
48' A moment of madness from Tomas Jacob on 48 minutes earns him a card. Atlanta United FC will be frustrated.
53' Atlanta United FC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
58' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
63' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
68' The Atlanta United FC manager makes a substitution. Matthew Edwards departs to be replaced by Stian Gregersen.
69' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Tristan Muyumba makes no mistake. 1-1!
71' New York Red Bulls make a change. Mijahir Jimenez trudges off to be replaced by Jorge Ruvalcaba on 71 minutes.
76' Fafa Picault is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Atlanta United FC tonight.
79' Another change for New York Red Bulls made on 79 minute. Cade Cowell leaves to be changed by Cameron Harper.
80' The supporters are chanting for Ronald Hernandez. He replaces Elias Baez on 80 minute.
82' Sensational shot from Fafa Picault. Atlanta United FC is back in the lead.
82' The referee calls foul for Fafa Picault. He receives a card.
86' The whistle greets Adri Mehmeti as he departs to be replaced by Maxim Choupo-Moting.
90' Poor challenge from Mohammed Sofo. The referee spots it immediately and shows the card.
Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 2-1 draw is a fair result on the day.

Lineups

Atlanta United FC Lineups

Starting XI

6
Junior Alonso
22
Fafa Picault ↓ Sergio Santos 86'
59
Aleksei Miranchuk
10
Miguel Almiron ↓ Luke Brennan 86'
1
Lucas Hoyos
8
Tristan Muyumba
55
Tomas Jacob
3
Elias Baez ↓ Ronald Hernandez 80'
47
Matthew Edwards ↓ Stian Gregersen 68'
48
Cooper Wyatt Sanchez ↓ Steven Alzate 80'
16
Adrian Gill

Bench

Coach Gerardo Martino

New York Red Bulls Lineups

Starting XI

34
Ethan Horvath
10
Emil Forsberg ↓ Mohammed Sofo 79'
7
Cade Cowell ↓ Cameron Harper 79'
12
Dylan Nealis
2
Justin Che
48
Ronald Donkor
14
Julian Bazan
16
Julian Hall
15
Adri Mehmeti ↓ Maxim Choupo-Moting 86'
56
Matthew Dos Santos ↓ Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty 79'
91
Mijahir Jimenez ↓ Jorge Ruvalcaba 71'

Bench

Coach Michael Bradley

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Josef Martinez	5
Bradley Wright-Phillips	3
Daniel Royer	3
Lewis Morgan	2
Bradley Wright-Phillips	2
Serge Ngoma	2
John Tolkin	2
Frankie Amaya	2

Head to Head

Atlanta United FC Form

2026-08-15 Atlanta United FC 2–1 New York Red Bulls W 2026-08-01 Philadelphia Union 3–2 Atlanta United FC L 2026-07-25 New England Revolution 4–1 Atlanta United FC L 2026-07-23 Charlotte FC 2–2 Atlanta United FC D 2026-07-18 Nashville SC 1–0 Atlanta United FC L 2026-05-24 Columbus Crew SC 2–0 Atlanta United FC L

New York Red Bulls Form

2026-08-15 Atlanta United FC 2–1 New York Red Bulls L 2026-08-01 New York Red Bulls 3–2 Orlando City SC W 2026-07-25 New York Red Bulls 0–2 Charlotte FC L 2026-07-22 Philadelphia Union 3–1 New York Red Bulls L 2026-05-24 Sporting Kansas City 1–2 New York Red Bulls W 2026-05-16 New York Red Bulls 1–1 New York City FC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.7 Atlanta United FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.26 New York Red Bulls xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 59% + Over 2.5 goals 56%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Atlanta United FC48% Draw26% New York Red Bulls26%

Actual: Atlanta United FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes59% 0% No41%

Avg goals/match: 2.96

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	79%	21%
± 2.5	56%	44%
± 3.5	34%	66%
± 4.5	18%	82%

Double Chance

Atlanta United FC or Draw

74%

Draw or New York Red Bulls

52%

Atlanta United FC or New York Red Bulls

74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Atlanta United FC34% Draw44% New York Red Bulls22%

Actual: New York Red Bulls win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12%

2 – 1

Actual

1 – 0

2 – 0

7.4%

0 – 0

1 – 2

6.7%

2 – 2

5.7%

0 – 1

5.6%

3 – 1

5.2%

3 – 0

4.1%

0 – 2

4.1%

3 – 2

3.3%

Asian Handicap — Atlanta United FC

Handicap	Atlanta United FC covers	Push	New York Red Bulls covers
-2.5	11%	—	89%
-2	11%	14%	75%
-1.5	25%	—	75%
-1	25%	21%	53%
-0.5	47%	—	53%
+0.5	73%	—	27%
+1	73%	15%	12%
+1.5	88%	—	12%
+2	88%	8%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

Atlanta United FC keeps clean sheet

29% ✓

New York Red Bulls keeps clean sheet

19% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.